NETWORK PLAYER - README.TXT
     

     
       This file outlines the drop dead date, general 
       notes, system requirements, known problems with 
       workarounds, and known problems without workarounds.

     DROP DEAD DATE:

       The Shockwave for Director Plug-In will stop working 
       after January 31, 1996.

     GENERAL NOTES:
   
       Macromedia's Network Player is a Director 4.0.4 
       compatible Windows playback application.
     
       Copyright (c) 1995 Macromedia.  All rights reserved.  
       The Windows Reference Player is the property of Macromedia 
       and may not be altered, reproduced or copied in any way, 
       shape or form without prior written consent from Macromedia.

     
     SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
     
       Hardware: IBM compatible PC:
                 - Intel 80386-25 Mhz 
                 - VGA
                 - 5 MB free disk space
                 - 8 MB RAM
     
       Software: Microsoft DOS 6.00.
                 Microsoft Windows 3.1x.
                 Microsoft Windows 95
                 
       Netscape: Beta 3                
     
     
     KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH WORKAROUNDS:
     
       - Functionality may vary when running in anything other than
         8 bit screen depth (256 colors).
         Workaround: Run in 8 bit screen depth (256 colors).
       - If the Disk Cache is set to 0 (zero) size, movies will 
         not play.
       - Netscape may crash if the Disk Cache is not set high enough.
         Workaround: Set Disk Cache to at least 5000k
       - Resizing the Netscape window while a movie is playing may
         result in orphaned movies that continue to play and will 
         crash when you quit.
         Workaround:  Avoid resizing a Netscape window while a 
         movie is playing.  You may end up with an unattached movie 
         that floats and will cause a crash when you quit the Navigator.
     
     KNOWN PROBLEMS WITHOUT WORKAROUNDS:
     
       - Shutting down or restarting the computer while a movie
         is playing will crash Netscape.




AUTHORS NOTES:

1.  "NetAbort" does not actually stop the Navigator from delivering the current stream.
However, the Plug-In ignores the rest of the data the Navigator downloads.

2.  Attempting to embed the same Director movie multiple times in an HTML page does not work.
You must make copies of the original movie for each instance.

3.  The "GotoNetMovie" Lingo command now accepts an anchor in the URL.  This anchor is
the name of a marker in the score of the movie referenced by the URL.  
Example:

GotoNetMovie "http://somewhere.com/somemovie.dcr#mymarker"

This will make the movie, "somemovie.dcr" start playing on the frame marked, "mymarker".